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G. H. BARSANTEE.

SAFETY CATCH FOR BROOQHES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION man. MAY 20. 1919.

1 1 5 ,27 3 Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

ATIZUHNEY UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Harm? BARSANTEE, or rnovrnmvon; nr onn rsnAn'n, :Assieiron r nonen A w. novnn, INCORPORATED, or PROVIDENCE, "RHODEISLAND, n conronarron or nnonn isLAn SA'NTEE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Providence, in the county; of Providence and State of *Rhode Island, have in- Safety GatChes for Brooches and the like,

of which thefollowing is "QLSP'GOlfiCZLtIOH.

In the usual construction of safety catches for brooches and the like, in which the movable fastening member straddles the keeper or -relatively stationary member, there is nothing to prevent the movable fastening the keeper, thereby ruining the utility of thecat'ch. This spreading and lossof the movable or fastening member is of common occurrence in this form of catch,as themow able fastening member is necessarily small anddelicate'in construction.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a safety catch for brooches and the like, whereby spreading and loss of the movable fastening member of the catch is prevented and the catch as a whole greatly improved in construction and operation.

A further object of my invention is toconstruct such a safety catch so that the pin-tongue opening is at the top of the catch, whereby the movable fastening memher, which straddles the keeper, may be rotated in either direction to fasten the pintongue in the catch.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a safety catch for brooches and the like, whereby the movable or fastening member is locked against spreading or separating from the keeper, said safety catch having details of construction, as will be more fully set forth herein after and claimed.

Figure 1 is an end view of a brooch provided with my improved safety catch, showing the catch in the open position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the catch closed with the movable fastening member to the right in full lines and to the left in broken lines. a

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the. safety catch end of the brooch taken on line 3.3 of Fig. 2 with the catch closed and the pintongue fastened in the catch.

Fig. 4 is' a plan view of the blank from specifica tion of Letters Patent.

hppneanbnfiled ma 'ao, 1919. *seriarno. 298, 391.

member 13. member from spreadmgand separatlngvfrom l 'Patented se ta, 1919.

which "the movable fastening member is formed. i

Fig.5 is a longitudinal sectional View throughthe blank taken on line 5.5 of Fig. 1, and i vented a new and useful Improvement 111 brooch or similar article of jewelry,=10 a pintongue and 11 my improvedsafety catch which consists essentially of a relatively sta- =tionarykeeper 12 and a movable fastening matelymround boss =151on its front, acorresponding recess "16 in litsback and a base 17 extending front and back, with oppositely disposed upwardly extending locking 1nemhers 18.18 as shown in Fig. 3.

The fastening member 13 is first blanked out as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and then bent U shaped. It straddles the keeper 12 and has a ring shaped front member 19, which lies flat against the front of the keeper 12 over the boss 15, an open back member 20 which lies fiat against the keeper 12 and which has a boss 21 which enters the recess 16 in the back of the keeper 12 and two angular outwardly extending operating members 22.22 connected with the back and front members and which form an out- Thetbody of the keeper 12 is circular "in :rformland has a central outwardly extending J pin-tongue openlng 14, a central approxipartly bent up as shown in full lines in i Fig. 7. The base 17 is then soldered to the back of the brooch or similar article, the fastening member snapped over the keeper and the locking members then bent up into place, as shown in Fig. 3.

When in use the fastening member 13 is turned so as to bring its pin-tongue opening 23 into alinement with the pin-tongue opening 14: in the keeper 12, and the pin-tongue 13 is then turned, in either direction, by the operating members 22-,"to its limit, thereby fastening the pin-tongue in the catch, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by the front and back of the fasteningmember extending over and closing the pin-tongue opening in the keeper.

By this construction the pin-tongue opening is in a central position, the fastening member, maybe turned. in either direction to fasten the pin-tongue in the catch and the heretofore free from and back members of the fastening member are securely locked in place, thereby preventing spreading or separating of the fastening'member from the keeper. t

l-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new. f j a t 1. A safety catch for brooches and the like, comprising a'keeper having a base member and a circular body member having a pin-tongue opening, a fastening member having coinciding circular front and back members straddling the body of the keeper 'andin which are pin-tongueopenings which -.c01nc1de with the p1n tongue opemng 111 the keeper, when the catch is open, operating members connecting the front and back members of the fastenin member, means for rotatably securing the fastening member to the body of the keeper, and means on the keeper engaging with the front and back members of the fastening member, to lock the fastening member to the keeper.

2. A safety catch for brooches and the like, comprising a keeper having a circular body member with a central pin-tongue opening, a boss on its face and a correspond-' mg recess in its backand a base with oppositely disposed upwardly extending locking -members, a U-shaped fastening member straddling the body member of the keeper and having a ring shaped front over the boss on the keeper, an open back member which has a boss in the recess in the keeper and two angular outwardly extending operating members connecting the front and back members and which form a central pintongue opening, when the catch is open, said locking members on the base of the keeper extending over. the front and back members of the fastening member, to lock the fastening member to the keeper, as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE HENRY BARSANTEE.

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. 7 Washington, D. G. 

